River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-12


SIR Hughitt. IT is understood, will, after his
elevation to tine Presidency, continue as
General Manager. On nearly all the roads
osyned ami controlled by the Nanderbllts
the President Is also the General Manager
At 3 O'Clock. on the afternoon
Of tie 3rd inst, a shock of earth
quake was experienced at FL PasO, Texas,
lasting two minutes. IL was percepuble III
every portion OF the city and the shock so
alarmed the citizens OF all classes that only
the iuvaiids and helpless were left within
doors. For propably two months preceding
the shock many persons recognized a DIS
tinct ami offensive Odor OF sulphur and
when the shock came the earth trembled
and many articles. hanging ON walls,
oscilIated To and fro and some fell to the
floor The piastering fell from the front
and ceiling OF many dwellings
The government of Mexico has re-
ceived information Of the effects of the re
cent earthquake at Bahispe. Sonora, by
which l50 people lost their lives The earth
quake occurred at 3 p. III. At the same
time the volcanic eruptions began IN neigh
boring mountains, lighting up the SUBMITS
for a long distance. 1he predietionl Is made
there 10y local scientists that 9leXico Is
about to undergo a general seismic eonvul
sion. and recent records Of earthquake
shocks show them there is widespread vol
cauic activity from one end OF Mexico TO
the other
At a meeting Of friends of the late
President Arthur some weeks ago. it was re-
solved to- receive subscriptions for a monu-
lneut to be erected over his grave TO cost |
not more than $1,000 Considerable IN eX- I
cess of that amount was subscribed at once.
At a meeting OF the comTsittee il was re- /
solved. in addition 70 the monument, 10 /
erect a bronze statue of the late President, |
i'm New York city. AID To that end com |
mittee of one hundred was appointed to re-
ceive any subscription which may tie ten /
sered from any part OF the country.
The Michigan legislature has passed !
a bin forming a state constabulary to
nforce the liquor law. The bill provides
for the appointment By the governor of
state marshal. at salary Of sl,4Dt, with
power 70 appoint a force ~ deputy state
narshals throughout the state, who are
charged with the duty of enforcing the
liquor law, and are paid by the counties
TIE practical effect of the law Is to take all
prosecutions from the prosecuting attorneys
and other local officers and give them TO the
state.
Rev. DR. +. ;. Thomas. of st. Paul,
Mimi. was consecrated Assistant Bishop of
Kansas. at st. Paul. May. 4. the following
bishops participating: II. Is. Whipple, NJ i
\ Gilbert of Minnesota; Bishop ID. :. futile
of Missouri. Bishop d. B. KnickerbackeF of
Indiana; Bishop j. IL Brown OF FOND du
Lac: Bishop T.. II. Vail of Kansas also p
rectors Of Minnesota Episcopal churches
ana fifteen divinity stu ents from the Sea
burg diVi-ity school at FaTibault. Mimi, |
and several rectors from Dakota and Kan
sas. Tie sermon was 10y Bishop Whipple of |
Minnesota.
IT Omaha. Ncb.. night or two |
since. Mrs. J. \ Mccormick, while the |
resi- Of the family were at the theater. |
heard "a strange man in the hallway, and, /
rushing out. she grabbed him, saying, You |
are a thief tie Knocked her down with |
revolver and ran out, escaping with two !
co-lfederates outside. He dropped a bundle |
Of silverware which he had seized in the 1
house. being the wedding gifts Df Mrs. |
Mccormick 5 daughter.
4 disastrous calamity occurred on
the 3rl. at the Southwest coast of Channel /
harior. st. Johns, n F. The GLASGOW |
steamship John Knox, laden with liquors, I
bricks and rolling stock, struck the reefs /
near Channel harb1r and sank IN half an 4
hour Every soul ON board persisted. A 1
furious gale of wind, with heavy land !
ward sea and dense fog prevailed az the /
time. some bodies were recovered, having I
been washed ashore.
Tie grand jury investigating the
killing Of Or. Northrup at Haverhill, Ohio
hk the AdCttFS OF fluT place nave lnulcteu I
fuIr of the McCoys tor murder IN the first \
de cree The shooting is said to have grown
out If the whisky selling case, in which DIR.
NOrthrup appeared as one of the prOSecu-
ting witnesses, and for doing which, the
HayerhlI people say, the ucCoys swore
vengeance on him.
Its estimated that S2JO0O0 damage
was done in the Upper peninsula of Michi-
gan by the wind and hail storm Of Monday
~ Quincy. Iron mountain. AeEaunee, Mar
uueEfa. HouELtun- and other cities the daul-
age was great Telegraph and telephone
wires were down for three days.
In tie trial Of Express Messenger
Folherinsham at st. Louis. No, Judge
SorGuille gave as his opinion that the rob
berry did not1occur in that city, and conse-
quently It was ont % the jurisdiction of his
court : lie accordingly dismissed the case.
At Nanimo. r. G.. May 1. an ex-
plosion occurred in shaft of the Van
couyCr coal mine imprisoDug 80 workmen
cf whom not more than fifty got out alive
The men were overcome by black damp
which produced the explosion.
Sir John Mcdonald denies the report
that re IS u be raised 70 the peerage. A
prominent member of the cabinet has ex-
pressed the opinion that tie entrance of
eyit2bie.
During 1, di~craceful row in the rear
Of the Highland House, Cincinnati, Ohio,
SUNDAY evening. officer James Dunn was
shot four times by a young lCafer named
Carroll Tucker. Dunn viii probably Gle.
Miss Jennie Bowman, who was 80
brutally assaulted in Louisville two weeks
ago bv negro burglars. has died She was
never able 20 see The men under arrest, IN
urter To identify them.
The storeSeepcr of the Havana ware
house known as alamacenes de depositorS,
has disappeared and is said to be de-
fauIter to the sum o. $4,000.
The printing and lithographing eS-
taolishment of Collier q Cleveland. at Den I
yer, Cal. was destroyed by fire on the Srd
The Internal revenue service reports
4.083 saloons IN Iowa, Use in Kansas and
,262 in Maine.